Comments on: Interview with Tariq Muhammad, Director of AOL Black Voices http://www.blackweb20.com/2007/11/20/interview-with-tariq-muhammad-director-of-aol-black-voices/ Covering Web 2.0 Trends on African-American Websites and in African-American Culture Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:10:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: BlackVoices Relaunches | Black Web 2.0 http://www.blackweb20.com/2007/11/20/interview-with-tariq-muhammad-director-of-aol-black-voices/#comment-447 BlackVoices Relaunches | Black Web 2.0 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:26:04 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/2007/11/20/interview-with-tariq-muhammad-director-of-aol-black-voices/#comment-447 [...] that cater to a demographic of African decent. If you haven’t had a chance to listen to our podcast with BlackVoices Director Tariq Muhammad put that on your to-do list, he gives some great insight on where BlackVoices is headed. In the [...] [...] that cater to a demographic of African decent. If you haven’t had a chance to listen to our podcast with BlackVoices Director Tariq Muhammad put that on your to-do list, he gives some great insight on where BlackVoices is headed. In the [...]

]]> By: Fredric http://www.blackweb20.com/2007/11/20/interview-with-tariq-muhammad-director-of-aol-black-voices/#comment-324 Fredric Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:32:41 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/2007/11/20/interview-with-tariq-muhammad-director-of-aol-black-voices/#comment-324 i enjoyed the podcast. good questions. i'm curious to know why the executives that are in charge of internet media never mention the benefits of open-source solutions. tariq mentioned the lack of architecture and capital that smaller black firms have in terms of trying to establish a presence on the web. i've always felt that today's 2.0 technologies...from open-source cms like drupal to scalable hosting platforms like amazon s3.....could be utilized by small businesses to grow with the business. the days of needing large capital and massive tech teams are going away. i'd even argue that it costs more to publicize your medium via old-fashioned print than it would setting aside the same funds and doing some online marketing and word-of-mouth. i enjoyed the podcast. good questions.

i’m curious to know why the executives that are in charge of internet media never mention the benefits of open-source solutions. tariq mentioned the lack of architecture and capital that smaller black firms have in terms of trying to establish a presence on the web. i’ve always felt that today’s 2.0 technologies…from open-source cms like drupal to scalable hosting platforms like amazon s3…..could be utilized by small businesses to grow with the business.

the days of needing large capital and massive tech teams are going away. i’d even argue that it costs more to publicize your medium via old-fashioned print than it would setting aside the same funds and doing some online marketing and word-of-mouth.

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